GEORGE E. LOVELACE, Bradford, Pennsylvania.
One of the most prominent as well as one of the best engineers who make their home in Bradford, is George E. Lovelace, who as a member of the General Board of Adjustment for 1899, has become well known along the Erie. He was born in Barry County, Michigan, August 7, 1862, and after attending school until he had acquired a good common school education began his busy career as a farm hand near his home. He left this avocation after a while and for three years worked in a shingle mill, going from there to the lumber woods, where he worked two years. He then worked two years for a telegraph company, and in 1879 secured a position in the Erie pumphouse at Carrollton. He held this place three years, being advanced to brakeman in 1882, and assigned to the Bradford Division, then the Bradford Branch. After two years he quit braking and for a year and a half worked with the construction crew on the West Branch, now owned by the Erie. On Christmas day, 1885, he commenced firing on the Bradford Division of the Erie, and after two years and three months of efficient work he was promoted to engineer, March 2, 1888. Since that time he has run continuously on the Bradford Division, and his first-class work and attention to business have won him a high place in the estimation of the officials, while his fellow engineers esteem him so highly that they have made him the Division representative of the B. of L. E., No. 280.

On June 25, 1895, he was united in marriage to Miss Winnifred Corbett of Johnsonburg. Pennsylvania. Mr. Lovelace is a member of Lodge No. 453, K. of P., and with Mrs. Lovelace is prominent in social affairs of the city.
Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.

From the June, 1915 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
Bradford Division Engineer G.E. Lovelace, running engine #1585 with fireman R.C. Cole, was listed as being in the Order of the Red Spot for June, 1915. The Order was an honor bestowed on engine crews who operated efficiently with few engine failures.

From the February, 1923 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
Engineer G.E. Lovelace has been assigned to the new passenger runs between Bradford and Salamanca.

From the January, 1924 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
Engineer G.E. Lovelace died at his home in Bradford after a three weeks' illness. He had been in the service of the Erie since 1888, and had been a faithful and valuable employe. He was widely known in railroad circles, having served as chairman of the Engineers' committee for several years.